(Sports Network) - The Charlotte Bobcats return home from a disastrous road
trip Wednesday night when they welcome the Brooklyn Nets to Time Warner Cable
Arena.

The Bobcats played four games out west and lost them by a combined 105 points,
or an average of 26.25 ppg. In total, Charlotte has dropped seven in a row and
three straight at home.

After a 22-point loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, a 30-point setback to the
Utah Jazz and a 36-point humiliation at the hands of the Sacramento Kings, the
Bobcats fell to the Portland Trail Blazers 122-105 Monday night.

The Blazers went 12-for-24 from long range on Monday. The Bobcats were 1-
for-10.

"I felt like we scored enough points to win," said Gerald Henderson, who had
14 for Charlotte. "We just couldn't match them with their three's. That's a
lot of points to score."

The Nets head to Charlotte losers of two straight and four of their last five.

The most recent setback for the Nets came Saturday in Chicago against the
Bulls. Chicago buried Brooklyn in the second quarter, 25-12, and won rather
comfortably, 96-85.

Brook Lopez led the Nets with 22 points, but only grabbed three rebounds in 34
minutes. Deron Williams had 14, Andray Blatche 13 and Joe Johnson scored 11 in
his second game back after missing three with a heel issue.

One of the interesting subplots of the loss to the Bulls was the lineup the
Nets employed to try and negate the strength of Chicago's bigs, Joakim Noah
and Carlos Boozer.

Interim head coach P.J. Carlesimo played the 6-foot-11 Blatche and the 7-foot
Lopez on the floor together.

"It gives us another shot-blocking presence inside, obviously gives us a
bigger front line," Carlesimo said of playing Lopez with his primary backup.
"It's not something we'll do a lot. It's something we're going to try and do a
little more going forward."

The Nets are tied for the fourth seed with the Bulls and welcome the
Washington Wizards to the Barclays Center on Wednesday. They play two on the
road, but later in the month have a brutal eight-game road swing.

The Nets have won five straight over Charlotte, including a 97-81 victory on
Dec. 28 in Brooklyn. The Nets have also won three in a row in Charlotte.